By Seth Berkman
When Clarence Hardy received an eviction notice in December 2009, ordering him to vacate the Slave Theater in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, he could not believe it. Every day since 2004, Hardy had opened the building at around 8 a.m. and stayed until dusk, taking care of the theater as he believed [...]
By Gabe Kahn
Steve Lampert got up from his chair at Samuel J. Tilden High School in Brooklyn in mid-June, about two weeks before the final graduation in its history. He grabbed his cell phone and told his colleague Rachel Malabas that he was going to call a certain student. “I’m going to try to get [...]
This is how the world looks on Russia’s government owned Channel One
By Todd Stone
At the intersection of Dean Street and 6th Avenue yesterday, a U-Haul truck was parked outside of what used to be Freddy’s, a legendary Prospect Heights bar that served its last round of drinks over the weekend, after more than 70 years in business.
Freddy’s is among the last of the tenants of Atlantic [...]
By Laura Kusisto and Jack Mirkinson
The Tea Party movement has come to Brooklyn, courtesy of an activist from Manhattan.
John Press is an author with a doctorate in history from New York University, who was fed up with the excesses of the Bush and especially the Obama administrations and had begun going to Tea Party events. [...]
After the death of President Lech Kaczynski and 95 other important political figures, Greenpoint’s Polish community grieves and turns to prayer
Thousands of low-income Brooklyn residents may find their Section 8 housing assistance revoked thanks to a city budget shortfall. In Bushwick, tenants of one project react to this week’s bad news.
Brooklyn legislators continue to push back against Gov. David Paterson’s proposed budget, but they know cuts are coming.
By Christopher Alessi
Brooklyn Democratic leaders continue to rally publicly behind Gov. David Paterson, even as his political future becomes more uncertain with each passing day.
Many of the county’s key Democrats, particularly black officials, have made it clear they would like to see the governor complete his remaining nine months in office. Despite mounting accusations over [...]
By Mustafa Mehdi Vural
Atlantic Yards will change Brooklyn. But there is no unanimity among urban historians and scholars on what this change will mean for the borough.
For the last six years, Atlantic Yards has been a Brooklyn tale of money, power and politics. It has been the subject of endless debate, court battles and public [...]
Monday, August 2, 2010
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